[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17845-17846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06037]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0439; FRL-10832-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and 
Radionuclides Rules (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Disinfectants/Disinfection 
Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules'' (EPA ICR Number 
1896.12, OMB Control Number 2040-0204) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through March 31, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on December 15, 2021 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0442, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Development Division, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, (4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
4588: fax number: 202-564-3755; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on December 15, 2021 during a 60-day comment period (86 FR 71265). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water system and primacy agency 
burden and costs for recordkeeping and reporting requirements in 
support of the microbial drinking water regulations. These 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are mandatory for compliance 
with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The following regulations are included: 
the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 
DBPR), the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule 
(Stage 2 DBPR), the Chemical Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V), the 
Radionuclides Rule, Disinfectant Residual Monitoring and Associated 
Activities under the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR),\1\ the 
Arsenic Rule and the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), including the Lead and 
Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. Future chemical-related rulemakings 
will be added to this consolidated ICR after the regulations are 
promulgated and the initial, rule-specific, ICRs are due to expire.
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    \1\ Includes only SWTR components relating to disinfectant 
residual monitoring and associated activities. All remaining SWTR 
requirements are included in the Microbial Rules ICR.
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    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Public water systems and primacy 
agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for compliance with 
40 CFR parts 141 and 142.
    Estimated number of respondents: 144,197 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually).
    Total estimated burden: 5,652,398 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $593,972,000 (per year), which includes 
$319,880,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 491,043 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This is due to increases in burden from the previous 
ICR for LCR sampling, analysis and report writing from industry 
consultation.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06037 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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